(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners held a peaceful protest near the Moscone Center where the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit is being held, on the evening of November 14, 2023. They called attention to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ongoing 24-year-long persecution of Falun Dafa. They told people about the spiritual discipline and the CCP’s crimes of persecuting practitioners and called on governments of every country to help end these egregious human rights violations. 

The APEC Summit is being held in San Francisco from November 11-17, 2023. More than 20,000 APEC economic leaders, ministers, private sector representatives, and other stakeholders from 20 countries are attending the meetings. The world is paying attention to events in San Francisco and more than 2,200 media outlets from around the world have followed the summit and interviewed attendees. 

Mr. Wu Junxiang, coordinator of the San Francisco Falun Dafa Association said, “Leaders from over 20 countries are gathered here. This is a very good opportunity for practitioners to raise awareness about the ongoing persecution and to tell them the truth about the CCP’s persecution. We want to tell the whole world that Falun Dafa is good, the world needs Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The world will be a better place if people abided by these principles. People who adhere to these principles only bring goodness to society.”

He continued, “The CCP’s brutal persecution has been ongoing for 24 years. We want this persecution to end immediately. We will continue to peacefully tell people the truth about the persecution of Falun Dafa. We want them to see the true evil nature of the CCP and help stop the persecution.”

Falun Dafa practitioners peacefully protest near the APEC Summit. 

A Falun Dafa practitioner (right) is interviewed by a CBS reporter. 

Practitioners held banners that read, “The World Needs Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance,” “Falun Dafa is Great,” “Stop Persecuting Falun Dafa,” and “Forced Live Organ Harvesting From Falun Gong Practitioners is Not Tolerated.” They also talked to passersby about the ongoing persecution in China. 

People Support Practitioners’ Efforts to Expose the Persecution

Diane Martin from Australia said she supports practitioners’ human rights. 

Diane Martin from Australia stopped to learn about the situation when she noticed practitioners’ peaceful protest. She said that she’s heard about Falun Dafa. “The principles of Falun Dafa are very good,” she said. “I am very happy to see practitioners peacefully protesting at the APEC meeting in San Francisco. This way, more people can learn the truth about Falun Dafa’s persecution.” 

She continued, “I know practitioners practice meditation. This is very good. The CCP’s persecution is horrendous. Forced live organ harvesting is very evil and goes against human moral ethics. I support practitioners’ human rights.”

Falun Dafa Practitioners Are Messengers of Peace

Katrina Champion supports practitioners’ peaceful protest. 

Katrina Champion works at the San Francisco city hall. She saw practitioners when she got off work and said, “Falun Dafa is a magnificent practice. Practitioners are wonderful people. They are messengers of peace and are doing great things.”

She said, “The principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are perfect. These principles allow people to live to their fullest.”

Ms. Champion said after learning about the persecution, ‘This is too brutal. I know about the CCP’s unforgivable crimes of forced live organ harvesting.”

Tourist From Nepal Thanks Practitioners

Sandiv from Nepal stopped to watch the practitioners’ peaceful protest and said he admired how practitioners abide by the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. And yet, they are subjected to persecution. 

Sandiv said, “This persecution is very evil. People should have freedom of religion.” He thanked practitioners for telling him about Falun Dafa and said he would look into the practice. 

San Francisco Resident Completely Against Forced Live Organ Harvesting

Charles said, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are great principles.” 

This was the first time Charles, who lives in San Francisco, heard about Falun Dafa. He immediately condemned the forced live organ harvesting. “I am completely against forced live organ harvesting,” he said. “The principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are great principles.”

APEC was established in 1989 and is a forum that leverages the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific. It started with only 12 nations and now has grown to 21 nations including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.